Can a participant receive Medicare Hospice Care and GO/PEP services?
• If a person is on Medicare Hospice in the Community, he or she should not be enrolled in GO. • If the person is enrolled in GO and does not have a PEP, he or she should be encouraged to disenroll from GO and opt for Medicaid Hospice. However, if this would cause extreme hardship (could not have same aide or hours would be changed), then, on a case by case basis, we could consider combining Medicare Hospice and GO. • If the person is enrolled in GO and has a PEP and now is in need of Medicare Hospice, he or she could remain on GO and receive Medicare Hospice. The PEP services may continue when the participant is receiving Medicare Hospice.
